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Gastroenterological Surgery消化器外科学講座
Staffs
- Professor: Kenichi Hakamada
- Associate professor: Keinosuke Ishido, Hajime Morohashi (Odate/KitaAkita Regional Medical Promotion Course), Takuya Miura (Clinical Research Support Center)
- Lecturer: Hayato Nagase
- Lecturer (hospital affiliation): Takahiro Muroya, Eri Yoshida, Yusuke Wakasa
- Assistant professor: Kensuke Okano, Akiko Suto, Satoru Tsuruta, Yutaro Hara, Shunsuke Kubota
Research Aims
Our department consists of 4 clinical divisions: (1)Upper GI, (2) Lower GI, (3) Hepato-biliary, pancreas and transplant, (4) Breast and Thyroid. Each division also has research projects and specific education programs to produce excellent scientific physicians.
Current Research Topics
Transplantation（Research supervisors: Keinosuke Ishido, Hayato Nagase, Yusuke Wakasa, Satoru Tsuruta）
- Long-term improvements of QOL in pediatric liver transplant recipients
- Liver regeneration of hepatic grafts
Hepato-biliary and Pancreas（Research supervisors: Keinosuke Ishido, Hayato Nagase, Yusuke Wakasa, Satoru Tsuruta）
- Research on the mechanism of pancreatic cancer malignancy and its relation to diabetes mellitus
- Mechanism of hepatic regeneration (transporters, post-chemotherapy liver injury)
- Development of liquid biopsy for pancreatic cancer
- Application of 4-methylumbelliferone, an inhibitor of hyaluronic acid synthesis, to the treatment of pancreatic cancer
- Preoperative chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer
Upper GI（Research supervisors: Takahiro Muroya, Eri Yoshida, Yutaro Hara）
- Minimally invasive surgery applying laparo(thraco)scopic surgery (robotic surgery, laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery)
- Development of method for helping old aged surgical patients recover in early stage after surgery
Lower GI（Research supervisors: Hajime Morohashi, Takuya Miura, Akiko Suto）
- Relation between invasion and metastasis of colon cancer and hyaluronic acid
- Research on robot-assisted sphincter preserving resection and functioning autonomic nerve
- Preoperative therapy for advanced rectal cancer
- Anatomical and pathological research about metastasis and invasion of colorectal cancer using molecular biology
Breast and Thyroid(Research supervisor: Kensuke Okano)
- Clinicopathological analysis of breast cancer (adhesion molecules)
- Clinicopathological analysis of thyroid cancer